Understanding Factors That Influence Success of Home- and Community-Based Services in Keeping Older Adults in Community Settings

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Article Publication Date: 
1/26/2010
Summary: 
Read this study that found two significant supportive factors for older adults to remain in communities were use of paid instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) personal care services and awareness of unmet needs. Findings suggest the importance of encouraging older adults to acknowledge their unmet needs and to seek community-based support services early, rather than wait until they have developed more serious needs.
Article Author: 
Chen, Ya-Mei, PhD, MPH; Adams Thompson, Elaine, PhD, RN
Topics: 
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Types/Tools: 
Data; Links / Websites; Research / Journal abstracts
Populations: 
Aging/Older Adults
Sources: 
Journal of Aging and Health
Programs/Initiatives: 
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States: 
All States/Territories
Keywords: 
Long-Term Care
causal relationships; policy; Structural equation modeling; Andersen’s Health Behavioral Model; Second Longitudinal Study of Aging; nursing homes; Social Enabling Factors; Financial Enabling Factors; Self-Reported ADL; Hester McLaws’s Nursing Scholarship; University of Washington School of Nursing

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Ya-Mei Chen
Psychosocial & Community Health, Box 357263
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195
yameic@u.washington.edu

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